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Efficient Furniture Manufacturing in Practice 2026

November 17 – 18, 2026

Hotel Steigenberger, Cologne

Industry congress of the möbelfertigung network in Cologne: CAD+T and vion solutions speak about end-to-end data instead of system breaks – from sketch to sign-off.

CAD+T at the congress “Efficient Furniture Manufacturing in Practice”

On 17 and 18 November 2026 the furniture industry meets in Cologne for the 9th industry congress of the B2B network möbelfertigung. Under the motto “From practice for practice”, the focus is on digitalisation and AI in furniture manufacturing – and we are there with a talk.

Our talk: From sketch to sign-off

Tuesday, 17 November 2026, 16:00–16:30: end-to-end data instead of system breaks in planning, engineering and manufacturing. Quotation, planning, engineering, manufacturing, delivery: in many businesses the flow of data ends at a system boundary. Andreas Stummer and Sascha Kühne show how an end-to-end process chain removes the breaks between sales, engineering and manufacturing – and which steps are no longer needed.

Sascha Kühne
CRO, CAD+T Solutions GmbH
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Andreas Stummer
CEO, vion solutions GmbH
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The programme

Tuesday, 17 November 2026

12:00–12:45
Registration opens
12:45–13:00
Welcome and start of the conference
13:00–13:30
Keynote: Causes and effects of Chinese competitive pressure on the German and European furniture industry
Jürgen Matthes, Institut der deutschen Wirtschaft
13:30–14:15
Made-to-measure doors every minute: how modern manufacturing combines individuality and efficiency
Markus Hüllmann, G. Kraft Maschinenbau GmbH · Dino Rickenbach, RIWAG Türen AG
14:15–14:45
New surface inspection techniques in the wood and furniture industry
Fabian Nussbaum, Renolit · Dr. Peter-Matthias Heinze, Dr. Schenk GmbH
14:45–15:15
Industrial AI instead of searching documents: the next evolutionary step in knowledge management
Sina Volkmann, FINDIQ GmbH
15:15–16:00
Coffee break with networking
16:00–16:30
From sketch to sign-off
End-to-end data instead of system breaks in planning, engineering and manufacturing
Sascha Kühne, CAD+T Solutions GmbH · Andreas Stummer, vion solutions GmbH
16:30–17:00
Efficient edge inspection in batch-size-one manufacturing
Jan Weißmann, Fagus-GreCon · Mauritz Maag, Nolte Küchen GmbH & Co. KG
18:30–22:30
Networking dinner

Wednesday, 18 November 2026

09:30–10:00
Thinking Digital First
Jens Franke, nion digital GmbH
10:00–10:30
Changes in security policy and their impact on the furniture industry – today and tomorrow
Dr. Ulrich Kühn, Institut für Friedensforschung und Sicherheitspolitik
10:30–11:00
Change in furniture manufacturing: how buying behaviour, value creation and AI are reshaping the industry
Philipp Trompeter, Dr. Wieselhuber & Partner GmbH
11:00–11:35
Coffee break with networking
11:35–12:45
Panel discussion: between pressure from China and the opportunity of AI – where is furniture manufacturing heading?
Andreas Wagner, Rotpunkt Küchen GmbH · Jan Kurth, Verband der Deutschen Möbelindustrie · Frieder Schuler, Homag · Markus Hüllmann, G. Kraft Maschinenbau GmbH
12:45–13:45
Lunch break with networking
13:45–14:15
From robots to AMRs: innovations for woodworking, furniture production and construction
Julian Gospodinov, ABB Robotics
14:15–14:45
AI in furniture manufacturing: connecting data and processes intelligently
Raphael Bourdick, imos AG · Joachim Grzib, Cyncly
14:45–15:00
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